Defence Network & Infra Tech Lead

Telstra Corporation; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Telstra Corporation seeks an experienced Technical Lead to drive Defence program delivery, providing technical leadership, governance, and assurance of engineering deliverables to meet security and regulatory requirements.

You will work across multidisciplinary teams and Defence stakeholders, manage risks and dependencies, influence technical outcomes without formal people management, and ensure timely decisions while upholding Telstra's security, privacy and delivery governance.

Qualifications

• Significant technical leadership experience within complex Defence or regulated environments.
• Proven experience delivering complex network and/or infrastructure engineering outcomes.
• Strong network and infrastructure engineering capability, supported by practical delivery governance experience.
• Demonstrated experience in design assurance, technical reviews and engineering governance.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging effectively with Defence customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and ownership across the Defence project delivery lifecycle.
• Lead engineering assurance, technical design reviews and governance to maintain the quality and consistency of engineering deliverables.
• Provide technical direction and specialist guidance across network and infrastructure engineering activities.
• Coordinate with engineering, operations, customer and delivery stakeholders to progress technical dependencies and agreed outcomes.
• Identify and manage technical risks, issues, dependencies and resource constraints, escalating where appropriate to protect delivery milestones.
• Drive timely technical decisions and establish clear technical accountability across complex delivery activities.
• Reduce rework and delivery friction through effective engineering governance, review discipline and early identification of technical issues.
• Communicate complex technical information clearly across engineering, delivery and Defence customer governance forums.
• Operate autonomously while ensuring technical activities align with Telstra security, privacy, safety and delivery governance requirements.

Skills

Juniper SSR certification

Education

NV2 security clearance

Job description

Telstra Corporation seeks an experienced Technical Lead to drive Defence program delivery, providing technical leadership, governance, and assurance of engineering deliverables to meet security and regulatory requirements.

You will work across multidisciplinary teams and Defence stakeholders, manage risks and dependencies, influence technical outcomes without formal people management, and ensure timely decisions while upholding Telstra's security, privacy and delivery governance.